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Skaneateles, New York

Village in Onondaga County, New York

Air quality

The air at Skaneateles

Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Central New York Region (NY), 11 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good-
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Skaneateles

0.50 in in the last 24 hours, 0.52 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.50in
Last 3 days
0.52in

Visibility

How far you can see at Skaneateles, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 7 PM.

FriSatSun

On the radar over Skaneateles, New YorkReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Skaneateles, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Geneva #1S2011

At a soil climate station/30.9 mi away/725 ft/151 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank950of 1,432

Ithaca 13 E64758

At a climate reference station/36.3 mi away/1,228 ft/352 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank964of 1,432

measured daily2 instruments

SkaneatelesSKAN6

At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/860 ft/16 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Skaneateles, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.4 mi from Skaneateles, New York. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 700 ft, scattered at 1,300 ft, broken at 2,100 ft; the ceiling is 2,100 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Skaneateles, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 700 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, the ceiling at 2,100 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 6B9FIG. A THE SKY OVER SKANEATELESSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 2,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,300 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 700 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLESkaneateles, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 6B9TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-6B9-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 48.2 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 700 ft.

Chart of the air at Skaneateles: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.2, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 6B9FIG. B THE AIR AT SKANEATELESTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 50.0 F, 48.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLESkaneateles, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 6B9TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-6B9-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 7 mph, gusting 14 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Skaneateles, north up: at 7 miles an hour, gusting 14; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 6B9FIG. C THE WIND AT SKANEATELESPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESkaneateles, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 6B9TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-6B9-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Skaneateles, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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